Spell it out, young people of Ireland

Less marching to the fife and drum, more grammar and spelling classes please for ‘Independant’ republican youth movement.

Jan 7th 2011, 11:47 AM 1,360 Views 12 Comments

The kids are not right: Independent or independant?

Image: Steve O'Connell

THEIR POSTERS HAVE been knocking around Dublin city since last November but they still can’t get their spelling right.

Fianna Eireann maintain they are a group open to teens from 13 to 17 years (over-18s get to join their ‘Senior’ section). They are interested in marching to a fife and drum band, visiting sites of historical interest, fundraising and political protests. Oh, and in commemorating “Ireland’s fallen heroes” and campaigning “for an end to British rule and a united Ireland”.

We can just about live with the jackboot, beret and aviators uniform. But does the future really belong to a “Republican Youth Movement” that can’t spell “independent” correctly? The sceptics are right: educational standards in this country have gone right down. Young people today, etc.

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Spell it out, young people of Ireland